The New Player: Activities

Read the story, then choose an answer. You can talk, point, sign or use a communication device. Ask for reading help if you need it.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

player: Someone taking part in a game.
bat: A tool used to hit the ball in table tennis.
swing: A movement of the arm or bat through the air.
net: The divider across the middle of the table here.
turns: Chances for different people to do something.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Retell Toby’s first game and how the others help. Explain why starting slowly is useful. What could you say to someone joining a game for the first time?